When hiring, it’s obviously important to find the best person for the job. But you should also check you’re following the law on discrimination. It’s usually against the law to discriminate against a job applicant based on any of the following, known as ‘protected characteristics’: age disability race gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity […]
Tag Archives: employee
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Feb
Feb
Workers aged under 18 have extra rights to protect them because of their age. Whether they’re an employee or worker can also affect their rights. Working hours and rest breaks for workers aged 16 or 17 By law, workers aged 16 or 17 must not work more than 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week. […]
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Feb
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Not sure what the maximum working hours is for an employee? By law an employee cannot work more than an average 48 hours a week unless either of the following applies: they agree to work more hours (known as ‘opting out’ of the weekly limit) they do a job not covered by the law on working hours (sometimes known […]
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Feb
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By law, your employee must tell you the following information no later than 15 weeks before the date the baby is due: that they’re expecting a child how much paternity leave they plan to take – by law they can take up to 2 weeks the date they want to start their leave Your employee may have […]
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Returning to work after maternity leave has ended. The employee’s right to return to the same job depends on how much leave they’ve taken. They’ve taken up to 26 weeks’ maternity leave They have the right to return to the same job. They’ve taken more than 26 weeks’ maternity leave They have the right to return to […]
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Feb
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Managing Attendance during pregnancy. If an employee cannot come to work because of a pregnancy-related illness, they should: report in sick in the usual way get their usual sick pay Pregnancy-related illness can include: morning sickness (nausea and vomiting) tiredness headache backache bleeding If you’re not sure whether an illness is pregnancy related, you can ask […]
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Feb
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Planning maternity leave Before maternity leave starts, you should agree with your employee the best way to keep in touch about important changes or news at work. This includes arranging how you’ll keep in touch (for example, by email). By law you must tell them about: promotion or other job opportunities redundancies any reorganisation that […]
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Feb
Feb
Maternity pay starts as soon as your employee starts maternity leave. Pay set out in the employment contract The employee’s contract should state: how much pay they get when on maternity leave how long they get this pay for Pay set out in the employment contract is known as ‘enhanced’ or ‘contractual’ maternity pay, if it’s above […]
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Feb
Feb
The law says an employer must do a health and safety risk assessment for all women of child-bearing age. These include: a pregnant employee and the unborn child she is carrying an employee who’s become a new mother in the last 6 months an employee who’s breastfeeding You can do a single assessment covering your […]
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Feb
Feb
Discrimination because of pregnancy or maternity You must not show discrimination against someone you employ, or are considering employing, because of: their pregnancy an illness related to their pregnancy, including related time off maternity pay or leave they take, or plan to take The law applies regardless of how long the person has been employed. […]